You sometimes really
wear me out
run my emotions through
                                prewash
like laundry in the machine
spinning me around
and I know only I can stop it
but I do not want to
because of the fact
that the souls of your eyes
recognize in me what longs
to be touched
and you touch it
so much more than you think
so even if the going gets rough
even if the whites and darks
get mixed
and there is static fluff
and it clogs up the kitchen sink
I am not leaving, yet
I am holding my ground
and I hope you stay with me
coz I need you around
to see through
that laundry until it's done
even if it gets very, very *****
and the load needs to shoot
oh, we'll deal with that
because we are connected
we're on the same route
so put me through rinse
it doesn't faze me
as long as your love,
like magic soap
continues to clean and raise me
I want you in my life
as long as I know
that at the end of the cycle
we'll continue
to grow